Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-02-12
les AND SOUTH.

Labor which includes Chicago has an idea
that it Is her duty to inculcate the principles
Of temperance among the membership quite
as much as those Of labor. She has accord
incly started TO personally visit each assem-
bly, and read to it TIE appeal in behalf Of tenn
perancc recently addressed 10 the order by
Miss Frances Willard in behalf OF the
Women's Christian Temperance union. There
are 80 local bodies under Mrs. Rogers jurls
diction.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. 31.-A s-ge num-
Der Of second class postmasters from points
in this state, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan
and Missouri are ia conference here to-day
for the purpose OF drawing up q memorial to
congress urging the repeal Of the act which
was passed in July last, whereby the salaries
Of this class Of postmasters were reduced
from a., 100 to $4,000, and the fees for clerk
hire reduced about one. half. The postmas-
tiers contend that this reduction was a gross
injustice to themselves personally, and al in
! jury TO the public service inasmuch as they
are forced in self-protectiou 10 employ cheap
labor. The conference Will appoint a delega-
tion to visit Washington in behalf Of its
claims.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3l.-Thomas Stevens, the BIZ
cyclist who made . tour OF Asia and Europe
generally on a bicycle and was arrested by the
Afghans, arrived here from st. Paul, over the
Burlington and Northern road, this morning.
After a couple Of days stay in the city he will
20 east.
M~ISNEAPoL1s, MINI, Feb. 1.-The ,%cntire
street car system OF Minneapolis was sold TO-.
day by Thos. Lowry TO a syndicate of eastern
capitalists, represented by Lee, Iigginson 4
Co., OF Boston. The consideration was three
million dollars.
BEATRICE, Ncb,, Feb. 1t is reported here
that Abraham Theissen, a citizen Of the Rus
sian colony in Jefferson county, who went to
Russia last summer, has got into some poDiti-
cal trouble in that country aud has been inn
p|risoned and, some reports say, bcheaded. IT
is also stated that be IS alive but has been i'm
r~r.soncd % await an examination Of his pa
rers, and this last report is the one generally
believed. Theisscn is about s. years old, aud
came here with the Russian colony, OF which
hc is a prominent and wealthy member, and
since has been naturalized.
BALTIMORE, Feb. John L.. Lislc, dis
countclerk in the First National bank OF this
city, failed TO put in an appearance on Satur-
dag last, while an investigation OF the ac-
counts OF the bank was proceeding by the
directors. 1t Is now said he is a defaulter to
the amount OF about $4,000 though the in
ycstigation Is not completed. The amount OF
sa- @AE lAn
cash which disappeared with him was $4,000,
and he is SAID TO have deceived the National
Bank xamin by substituting forged n"tes
which be destroyed as soon as the eXamln&-
tion was completed. Lisle left ht, home about
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